Hello Sarunas, Sarunas Burdulis wrote:
> Hello, > > I need to clone a workstation (which has some custom configuration and > scripts added to otherwise basic Sarge/KDE) into another set of > absolutely identical hardware (Intel Pentium 4, IDE HD). Just one clone, > not a massive install. What tools would you use? Easiest/quickest? > Machines are on an Ethernet, have CD/DVD and floppy drives. A very low-level way to do it is using netcat. boot both systems from cd (knoppix or similiar) and let them have access to each other over the net (a cross-cable and manual chosen 192.168.0.x IP's will do). Both systems neet netcat (executable name nc). Now run nc -l -p 12345 | gunzip -c > /dev/hda on the system to be installed to and on the master system run cat /dev/hda | gzip -0 -c | nc CLIENT-IP 12345 12345 is any unused port number. This will copy the content of the master system's harddisk bytewise onto the new systems harddisk. I suggest using a cross-cable and connect both computers directly for additional speed. I've copied systems this way using only tomsrtbt (although today I'd prefer Knoppix :) ). Yours, Karsten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]